Rajiv Gandhi case: TN government to decide on convicts' release after studying SC rulingChief Minister K Palaniswami will take a decision after a thorough study of the Supreme Court's judgement and consultations with legal expe...
06 Sep, 2018, 10.46 PM IST
M Karunanidhi fails to vote for presidential poll over health reasonsAfter voting in the election at the Assembly Secretariat, Stalin said the nonagenarian leader could not vote in view of his health and doct...
17 Jul, 2017, 08.17 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Chandrababu Naidu to be proposers for Ram Nath Kovind in president pollsBJP has begun the process under which each set of papers will be signed by 60 MPs and MLAs as proposers and another 60 as seconders.
21 Jun, 2017, 01.11 AM IST
From Sasikala to Deepa: A look at the key players in Tamil Nadu politicsA look at the key players in the ruling party that is undergoing a tectonic shift as it struggles to come to terms with the void created by...
19 Apr, 2017, 01.53 PM IST
DMK chief M Karunanidhi turns 92Various party wings distributed sweets and organised blood donation camps. Welfare assistance like books for indigent students were also di...
03 Jun, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
M K Stalin hints at new alliance for next Assembly pollsStalin, who met Vaiko at latter's residence and invited him for marriage of his brother's son, was responding to question whether there was...
17 May, 2015, 07.05 PM IST
Jayalalithaa conviction in DA case an opportunity for Narendra Modi-led BJP?Politics in Tamil Nadu will continue to be impacted by developments in Sri Lanka and whether the Rajapakse regime agrees for devolution of ...
30 Sep, 2014, 06.00 AM IST
Modi's invite to Mahinda Rajapaksa not acceptable: DMK"The Centre should deeply ponder over whether a person who had killed lakhs of Tamils should participate in the swearing-in of Narendra Mod...
23 May, 2014, 03.54 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections 2014: Stakes high for AIADMK, DMK as Tamil Nadu goes to pollsThe two frontline political parties in Tamil Nadu, DMK and AIADMK, will face a veritable litmus test as the state goes to the polls.
23 Apr, 2014, 10.22 AM IST
General elections 2014: In Tamil Nadu, four contestants, multiple possibilitiesAfter decades, Tamil Nadu is a four-cornered contest in these national polls, with each contestant pitching for its own issues.
31 Mar, 2014, 01.18 PM IST
Maperunthalaivar: Narendra Modi gets ‘Greatest Leader’ honorific in Tamil NaduNowadays, Modi is known among the faithful as ‘Maperunthalaivar’, or the ‘Greatest Leader’, a grandiose honorific announcing his arrival in...
25 Mar, 2014, 11.04 AM IST
Strong tie-up still elusive for DMK, BJP and CongressWith the DMK, Congress and BJP still scouting for allies in Tamil Nadu, there seems to be no clarity on political parties that would join h...
13 Feb, 2014, 03.57 PM IST
- Karunanidhi hints Stalin will be his successor
"For the question who after me, the answer is Stalin who is sitting amongst you and you should not forget it," he told his partymen.
03 Jan, 2013, 03.57 PM IST
- Rajiv Gandhi assassination: TN parties clamour for clemency to Rajiv killers
Political parties in Tamil Nadu have raised the pitch in demanding clemency for three men convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination.
29 Aug, 2011, 08.46 PM IST
- Karunanidhi promises free laptops to all students on victory
Karunanidhi said the DMK, if voted back to power, would give free laptops to all students, going beyond the promise in the manifesto that i...
24 Mar, 2011, 12.28 PM IST
- Supreme Court warns TN govt over bandh
The Supreme Court pulled up DMK-led Tamil Nadu government for failing to comply with its order on a bandh call given by the party.
01 Oct, 2007, 12.03 PM IST
- DMK blood feud kills three newspaper staffers
The simmering feud within DMK president M Karunanidhi’s family over succession has come to the fore.
10 May, 2007, 01.04 AM IST